54°F
weather icon Clear
Las Vegas, NV
MMA UFC

UFC’s Clark: Training with Tate has pushed me beyond my limits

By HEIDI FANG LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
April 29, 2016 - 12:57 pm
 
UFC’s Heather Clark. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

After being out for 17 months, UFC’s Heather Clark returns to the octagon with more confidence than ever. The strawweight fighter credits her Xtreme Couture coaches and training partners, like UFC champ Miesha Tate, for building her mental strength and her skill set.

Clark will face Poland’s undefeated Karolina Kowalkiewicz on May 8th at UFC Fight Night 89 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Check out the video above.

Contact Heidi Fang at hfang@reviewjournal.com. Follow her on Twitter: @HeidiFang

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
MORE STORIES
THE LATEST
The UFC has new owners of two buildings they occupy in the Southwest valley. (Colliers)
UFC-occupied buildings in Las Vegas sell for $23.6M
By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

The off-market sale was brokered by Colliers and features two buildings which are 70 percent occupied by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Dana White, president of UFC, speaks at a news conference after the UFC 229 mixed martial arts ...
UFC reaches $375M settlement in class-action lawsuit
By Mark Anderson The Associated Press

The UFC reached another settlement with one of the two class-action litigants, agreeing Thursday to pay the former fighters $375 million after a previous agreement was thrown out by a Nevada district judge.